Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 208 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 98 [secondary reference]

• Type: Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

White, C.T. (1936), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 70 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 878 [secondary reference]

Markgraf, F. (1984), Florae Malesianae praecursores LXIV. Apocynaceae VI. Rauvolfia. Blumea 30(1): 157-167 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 124-125 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Hendrian & Middleton, D.J. (1999), Revision of Rauvolfia (Apocynaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 44(2): 450 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 729 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rauwolfia Gled. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (1 June 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rauwolfia Gled. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Dissolena Lour. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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